Islam students at LUC

The poetry in Tulip in the Desert really gets you thinking about the different aspects of our lives and the feelings and things associated with it. It made me realize that human beings today unlike in the time of Iqbal take a lot for granted. Several of these poems speak of companionship and heart and [...]

Tonight in class we discussed Tulip in the Dessert and the idea of “calling.”  I definitely believe that all individuals have a yearning to do something specific to their interests and talents, and this motivates us to go to college or to pursue a particular career.  In a more general sense, I also believe that [...]

Although they can be frustrating, I always find the skits interesting and enlightening. Acting these books out is a unique way to make ancient Islamic literature applicable to twenty-first century culture. Going over how your group plans to present rather intangible ideas in a concrete way helps me to understand what the authors of these [...]

The skits were very interesting and funny, but the skits performed last week cannot be compared to the first ever performed skits. There were some really good ones, but I did not really like the other ones. It seemed like the actors in the scenes were just waiting for the time to pass buy so [...]

First of all, the book contains very good poems and provides very good explanation of each of them. But I still wonder why the author (or the collector of poems of this book) Mustansir Mir choose this as the title for this collection of poems of Iqbal.  I really like the section on Personalities which [...]

I thought the heaven discussion was interesting. I really do agree that the heaven thoughts from movies make heaven seem like a normal place. When in fact it is going to be a beautiful place to live in if hopefully we all make it there. I cant really say what I imagine heaven to be [...]

I think the skits were funny. I don’t know why some people would want harder skits. Which means harder grading. Skits are suppose to be easy and fun and for enjoyment to educate. Overall they were nice to watch but I do think they should not be harder. My favorite probably was Jojo skit during [...]

I really admire Iqbal and his poems. The Tulip in the Desert contains very nice poems and the best part is, it also provides the explanation and the purpose of writing each poem. I have read poems of Iqbal previously as well, and I really like it. When I was first introduced to Iqbal, I [...]

I am sorry to say that I haven’t enjoied most of the skits on Monday and it just seemed as if they were not very well thought. There were a couple that were both entertaining and educating but in general none measured up to the First set of skits that was done when the whole [...]

I thoroughly enjoyed our skits in class last week.  Once again, I was amazed with the creativity and impromptu hilarity incorporated in stories that are not necessarily all that entertaining or interesting.  I think that this is a great way to get better comprehension of the gist of the stories as a whole, however I wonder [...]